BBAW: Let’s Talk Blogging!

A new day, a new topic over at BBAW’s Headquarters’, My Friend Amy. Today’s topic is:

What is one thing you wish you knew about blogging when you started or what advice would you give a newbie blogger?

What is your best blogging tip?

Rowena: Well, before I started blogging, I used to read Izzy’s blog. She used to talk about blogging all the time but I never really paid too much attention to what she would say about blogging itself but I always read what she had to say on her blog.

Then she talked me into blogging myself, telling me that I could start a blog about anything I wanted, books, TV Shows and what not…so I started my personal blog, CoFFee HouSe BanTeR! I should have listened to Izzy talk when she would talk about blogging because I was a straight up blog dummy thinking I knew everything. I thought that as soon as I started up my own blog, I’d know how to handle things. And during the first week, instead of starting a new post to my one blog, I would start a new blog for a new post and then I would sit there and wonder why my blog(s) don’t look like Izzy’s. I wondered for a long time how to get all of my blog posts on one blog instead of having to go to different pages to read one post.

Dumb, right?

I can’t believe I’m sharing with you guys, I’m so embarrassed but that’s how it was for me. It wasn’t until I finally just made Isabel tell me everything (actually I hounded her through emails about setting me up right and didn’t let up until I was completely satisfied with everything) so my advise to you first time bloggers is this: Make sure you are Creating a new Post and not Creating a New Blog every time you want to post because it’s pretty embarrassing when your friends won’t let up on your Miss Know It All Ass.

Holly: Rowena, you’re officially a crackhead. Thanks for reminding me about how dumb you were in the beginning. LOL [C: Can we please remember this when my blondness shows again?]

Ok let’s see:

What is one thing you wish you knew about blogging when you started or what advice would you give a newbie blogger?

Don’t be intimidated by blogs that have been established for awhile, and don’t be afraid to comment. I can’t tell you how long I lurked because I was afraid to comment. Fear of rejection, I suppose. But some of those sites are now favorites – and I’ve become really good friends with some of the bloggers I was intimidated by in the beginning.

What is your best blogging tip?

Post. Post, post and post some more. Don’t worry about what you’re writing, just write. Don’t look at another blog and compare your own entries to theirs. I used to worry and stress over my posts, thinking, ‘But they aren’t as good as *insert blogger here*’s!” You know what? My posts might not be as good as some others, but they’re mine and I’m proud of them. Stand up and be proud of yours, too. I bet somewhere out there, someone is just waiting for you to start. ;0)

Casee: Omfg, Rowena. I can’t believe you’ve never shared that w/ me before. In your defense I’ll say that you know more about the behind the scenes stuff than I do and I’m an IT person. Heh.

What is one thing you wish you knew about blogging when you started or what advice would you give a newbie blogger?

Don’t take it personally. When you read what can be taken as a snarky comment, sit back a minute and re-read. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten offended after reading a comment that I took out of context (I do it w/ emails too). Also, don’t expect to be wildly popular your first post out. People will find you, you just have to keep posting.

What is your best blogging tip?

What Holly said. Post, post, post. I just moved from LiveJournal to Blogger for my personal journal b/c it was blocked at work. And really, some of the greatest posts come from when you’re sitting at work. Now I find myself starting random posts all the time. Which, for me personally, is exactly what blogging is supposed to be about.

What about the rest of you? Have any stories to share?

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